Save Your Job, Save Our Country: on Civil Rights


Calling NAFTA opponents “racist” is a smear tactic

[The premier myth used by NAFTA proponents is that] NAFTA critics are racists. The quickest way to discredit a critic, discount an argument, or intimidate an opponent in US politics is to label that person a “racist.” It happens time and again because it works. Once a prominent official makes the smear, it is repeated by the media, and the victims are then forced to prove they are not bigots. The accusers are rarely criticized by the media.

The “racist” card is already being played by the pro-NAFTA advocates. High-level administration officials are telling reporters in “off the record” interviews that NAFTA opponents are racists. Several Members of Congress are making similar slurs in public. It is, of course, all planned and coordinated. Politicians who claim otherwise should be asked to explain such demagoguery to their constituents.

The fact that American workers don’t want their jobs moved to Mexico is not “racist.”

Source: Save Your Job, Save Our Country, by Ross Perot, p. 65-6 Jan 1, 1993

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